Training in a "Life On Life" Group:

If you are either local or not local, and would like to take this course without our leadership in person, you are welcome to purchase the Life On Life course workbook through the link on our Mentor Training Requirements page for each member of your group (please do this rather than use Amazon, thank you) and proceed together by utilizing the online videos on this site in lieu of having us teach you live. This is especially true for those not local to us, but if you are local and prefer this method, you are welcome to proceed. We will do our best to support you (via our contact form on this site) through the process and help you with any of the content or questions.The $35.00 cost of the book is the only cost for you to complete the Training on your own!

The group leader's role (in a group where we are not teaching live) will be to facilitate homework discussions and to create an environment of mutual support and encouragement. She will not be required to 'teach' - sufficient teaching is contained in the workbook and video teachings that will be viewed by group participants.

If you are local (Santa Maria, CA and surrounding area) and prefer that we teach your group live, please contact us to invite Ellen to come to your group to teach the course. Word Of Hope Ministries is able to lead a limited number of local groups through our "Life On Life, Applying the One-Anothers of Scripture" course. There is benefit to doing this study locally as a group - you will have mutual support and encouragement as you engage in the process in community, and you will have the benefit of live teaching.

GUIDELINES: For Local Groups with live teaching, the following is required:

Obtain approval from your church leadership for this course to be promoted and taught in your church. Please direct them to this website, and encourage them to contact Ellen if they wish to speak with her.

Each participant must purchase a $35.00 workbook during the first class meeting. (We will collect the payment and provide the workbooks to you at that time.)

Word of Hope Ministries has a teaching fee of $1,000.00 total for this 13 week course (this does not include the workbook purchases.) You have several options for covering this teaching fee:

1. Your church can cover the fee (participants purchase their own workbooks.)2. You can divide up the teaching fee among your group participants. The more students you gather, the lower the cost to each individual.3. You can do a combination of the above. We suggest you discuss this with your church leadership.

The workbook cost is due at the first meeting. The $1,000.00 fee can be paid then, or over time in installments by prior arrangement.

We prefer a minimum class size of 12 women. If this is not feasible, we will still consider your invitation but unfortunately your individual costs will be understandably higher (fewer students to divide the $1,000.00.) Our most successful classes have had 12 or more ladies regularly attending - there is great benefit to learning together!

You are welcome to have the participants invite friends who don’t go to your church, too. This is open to all Christian women. You may wish to partner with someone in another local church and host this course together. You may also wish to do it at your home, inviting your friends. This is all up to you!

Determine whether or not you will scholarship any women, and take care of those details with your church.

Designate a group “hostess” (or two) who will oversee the duration of the course. This will include:

Promoting the course to the women in your church. Ellen can provide promotional material files for you to print.

Signing the women up and collecting their payment (Please remember not to order the books in advance. We will have your group's workbooks on hand to sell to you directly.) Payment will be due at the first session, and the workbooks will be handed out then.

Taking care of logistical details such as: arranging a location, being there early for setup and arranging for cleanup after the session, acting as a liaison between WOHM and the church if any logistical issues arise, overseeing the atmosphere such as providing snacks, drinks, etc. (these things could be delegated as you wish, and we do take a break for some food and/or beverages and fellowship during each session).

Have an alternate hostess who attends your church, in case the hostess is absent.

Determine whether to hold the course in a Santa Maria home or in your church facility. We will need the ability to connect a Mac laptop or Ipad (we have the adapters for hdmi and a 6’ hdmi cable) to a large screen TV for viewing slide and video presentations (sound for videos is needed as well). A fairly modern large screen TV works fine in most cases. (We are able to accommodate a vga projector if that is the only option and if you have a blank screen or wall available.)

Determine the best day and time for 13 weekly 2 hour sessions, and coordinate that with us. Also coordinate a schedule of sessions with us, we occasionally may take a break for a holiday or other reasons, and it is best to schedule ahead as much as possible.

Please use the contact form here on our website if you have any questions, and contact Ellen to invite her to teach your group.